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金剛般若波羅蜜經註解 1.251

金剛般若波羅蜜經註解 1.251

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1.251

既云是法平等,無有高下,云何如來却度眾生?故偈云:「平等真法界,佛不度眾生,以名共彼陰,不離於法界。」名即眾生假名也,陰即五陰實法也,此假名、實法皆即法界,故云不離於法界。既即法界,凡聖一如,豈有眾生可度?故云佛不度眾生。

Since it was already said that this dharma is equal and without higher or lower, how could the Tathāgata nevertheless deliver sentient beings? Hence the verse says: "In the equal true dharmadhātu, / the Buddha does not deliver sentient beings; / because names together with those skandhas / are not separate from the dharmadhātu." "Names" are the provisional designations of sentient beings; "skandhas" are the real dharmas of the five skandhas. These provisional designations and real dharmas are both identical with the dharmadhātu; hence it is said that they are "not separate from the dharmadhātu." Since they are identical with the dharmadhātu, ordinary person and noble one are one suchness; how could there be sentient beings who can be delivered? Hence it is said that the Buddha does not deliver sentient beings.

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